[OSM-talk] Some thoughts against remote mapping

Bryce Nesbitt bryce2 at obviously.com
Sun Jun 14 18:32:00 UTC 2015


On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:

>  What about in the situations where locals would like to make their own
> map but this is not financially feasible? If we are creating truly a free
> map of the entire world it is important to figure out how not to just make
> a map of the privileged. Should lack of access to internet and technology
> be a reason someone can't contribute to this map?
>

So what about supporting efforts like "one laptop per child", to seed
technology that would never be
developed locally.  And with those tools, see what people create.
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